broom

Broom, published from November 1921 to January 1924, along with other periodicals of its era, was instrumental in introducing Americans to European avant-garde art through the reproduction of works by such artists as André Derain, Juan Gris, and George Grosz. Broom was founded by novelist Harold Loeb. In 1920, Loeb persuaded editor Alfred Kreymborg to join him in editing a magazine that would provide a forum for new and experimental art, and with Loeb’s financial backing, Broom set up headquarters in Rome, where its first ten issues were printed. After the first year of publication, Kreymborg left, and Loeb moved Broom’s headquarters from Rome to Berlin, where he published six more issues before his money ran out. Broom’s Associate Editor, Matthew Josephson, took over the funding and moved Broom’s headquarters to New York, where he published five issues, the last of which was banned by U.S. postal censors.

TEXT CREDITS
Text for the exhibition 'Broom : the Full Sweep' in the Stevenson Library at Bard College (November 3, 2010 to December 13, 2010).

Erica Bahls'Collaboration and Camaraderie : Broom, Secession, and the "Youngest Generation"', in ELM. A Journal of Undergraduate Research 1, No. 1 (Fall 2004) [online]; available at <http://www.davidson.edu/academic/english/little_magazines/journal/essays/bahls_collaboration__camaraderie.pdf> [broken 3 July 2013].

Jeffry B. KondritzerBroom. An international magazine of the arts (Indiana University 1983). PhD.